Nur 450 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Delegation Transferring the authority to perform a selected nursing task in a selected situation to another team member while maintaining accountability Assignment Transferring the author, accountability, and responsibility to another member of health care team The NCSBN 5 rights of Delegation (National Council of State Boards of Nursing)RN 1. Right task (consider credentials, nurse practice act, and agency policy) 2. Right circumstances (consider patient's condition and degree of supervision...

Leadership can be defined as the use of individual traits and abilities, in relationship with others, and the ability to (often rapidly) interpret the environment/context where a situation is emerging, and enter that situation in the absence of a script or defined plan that could have been projected. ability to elicit a vision from people and to inspire and empower those people to do what it takes to bring the vision into reality. Managing is the ability to plan, direct, control, and evaluate o...

A client is in need of a family-like environment with a high level of support. Which would be most appropriate? Therapeutic foster care Board-and-care home Personal care home Supervised apartment Therapeutic foster care During milieu therapy, nurses offer positive feedback and praise for appropriate behaviors. These actions are essential to which concept of milieu therapy? Containment Support Validation Structure Support Dorothea Dix's solution to gain humane treatment for the mentally ill ...

Scientifically defined, pregnancy begins at implantations because: A. a fertiizlied egg can exist outside the human body but, the petri dish is not pregnant B. An early embryo can exisist outside the human body but, the fridge at the fertility clinic is not pregnant. C. The process of implantation creates an interactive relationship between host and embryo which necessary for the development and survival of the embryo/fetus/baby D. All of the above D. All of the above The hormone necessary ...

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What is magnet status? positive culture that affects nurse and patient outcomes and creates an environment that attracts qualified RNs who delivery quality care What is Lewin's Change Theory? 1) unfreezing (assessing/bringing awareness to an issue) 2) moving (planning/implementing) 3) refreezing (evaluating) What are the driving forces and restraining forces of change? * Driving forces = the reason why we need change (ex: better outcomes/safety, etc...) * Restraining forces = barriers to make...

NUR 1211 Medical Surgical Exam 2- Questions and Answers 20242025 A nurse is working with a patient who was diagnosed with HIV several months earlier. The nurse should recognize that a patient with HIV is considered to have AIDS at the point when the CD4+ T- lymphocyte cell count drops below what threshold? A) 75 cells/mm3 of blood B) 200 cells/mm3 of blood C) 325 cells/mm3 of blood D) 450 cells/mm3 of blood - -B) 200 cells/mm3 of blood When CD4+ T-cell levels drop below 200 cells/mm3 ...

Med Surg 2 Exams 1, 2, 3, and Final Questions & Answers 2023 Revision Guide

Why measure fetal heart rate? fetal heart rate changes may indicate lack of oxygen to fetus or excessive bleeding affecting the fetus -Goals: reduce neonatal death, and avoid neurologic/brain injury When is measuring fetal heart rate necessary? 1. Signs of fetal distress 2. Epidural analgesia 3. Labor induction What is electronic fetal monitoring? measures the fetal heart rate and uterine contractions 2 options: - External vs internal -Intermittent vs continuous Ultrasound transducer/Doppler ...

What is Transition of Care When a patient is moved around. - A patient handoff to another nurse - Changing floors - Changing facilities - Beings moved to their home Common transition errors: - No comprehensive discharge care plan - Not transferring the patient's medication lists to the new facility - Not including the family in the process - Not communicating with the *right* people at the new facility. - Not getting in touch with the right community resources that the patient needs. - Not sta...